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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21
STATE NEWS.

Richmond is suffering from lack
of water
The Corn Hill High School glorics
in n bell.
a roller Touring mill company has
been organized at Pilot Point.
A fire-proof vault will be added to
the county court house at sherman.
Coal has been discovered in mex
haustible quantities in Medina county.
The water question is uppermost in
the minds on the solid thinking pco-
pie of Kyle lust now.
Senator Maxey has been invited TO
address the literary societies of
Georgetown College on commence
mcnt day.
In difficulty ut Bryan between
Martin Whitman and negro naned
Hall. the former shot the latter five
times.
County Commissioner Aldente, of
FL Paso, has been acquitted in the dis
trict court of that county of incompe-
tency. made by his opponent i'll the
race.
John Davis, of Ilillsboro, while
shooting in a shooting gallery, was ac-
cidentally shot, but the wound IS not
dangerous.
A car load of cotton caught fire at
Daingerfeld, and the burning fleece
was dumped into Hannants fish pond
near by.
Lee Smith exhibited in Cleburnc a
fine carp weighing eighteen pounds,
caught by him in the Nolan river.
Mrs. Anna NJ. Hoxie has filed an APP
plication at Georgetown for probating
the last will and testament o. Herbert
NJ. Hoxie, deceased, and W II be heard
at the term of the county court begin
ming on the third Monday in April.
Ii is said that considerable area of
land in the vicinity of Sabine Pass is
under water, and hundreds of mecca
sins are TO be seen.
The contract calls for the completion
of the watcrworks at Mexia by May
/. after which, If not completed, for
felt of $40 a day is TO be paid.
Colonel John S. Ford, of San An
tonic, has completed the first volume
of his work, which treats of import.
am events in Texas since 1866 up to
the present time. of which he is per-
sonally cognizant.
A big lumber company has been or
ganized at Gilmer, Texas. TO be known
as the East and West Texas Lumber
company.
Trouble over the new court house
at Meridian is still brewing. and the
comm ssioners' court has refused to
allow the contractor and architect the
balance due them on the building.
Cleburnc's real estate transfers last
week wee si7.651. Waco's transfers
$4,000 and Dallas $l71.o7s for the
week.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21
MARKET REPORT.

Business has been livcl; to-day, botli''
wholesale and retail merchants are
feeling good. Prices, supply and de-
mand are steady and very satisfactory.
Tho streets have been filed with peo-
pie and traders, and spring time seems
really at hand.
Good cattle are in better supply,
and prices run us high as 81 cents.
Hogs remain at 4 to a., and sheep
81 so to 81 60
In produce there is fair supply,
but n steady and constant demand.
We quote
COUNTRY PRODUCE
Wheat Soc per bu.
Corn-From first hands in shuck,
white 55c per bu, yellow SOC; sheled,
in bulk 81 to 5Sc; in sack Gu to Gle.
Oats From first hands, in sacks. Az
to SOC; in bulk, Al to A7c.
Meal--White and boltcd, in sacks,
48 to zoe.
Onions-Rcd sets, 1926 to 1913
per bu.
Eggs Fresh, 10 to l24 per doz.
Butter-Common country, rs to 20c
per pound.
Poultry-C Chickens, in coops and as
they run, $1.50 to 1925 per doz; ducks,
So so; turkeys, 60 TO 75c each.
Hay-Texas grain in bales, $40 to
$13 per ton for late cut, dark, aud Sl5
for early cut, light.
Peltries-Wolf No. /, large, &c
each; No. 2, small, soc; raccoon, Is 10
45c; skunk, broad stripes, 10 to 25c:
narrow stripes, % to SOC; badger. 10
TO 35c; opossum, B to 10c.
Tallow-3 to SIC per Id.
PROVISIONS. .rtq.!,
Bacon--Smoked, &c; dry sailed, slc;, I.
breakfast bacon, 12c; hams 1870 per lb.
Flour-$2.60 to $3.50 per 100 lbs
Dried Fruits--Peachcs, sc poe ID;
apples, 1Oc, evaporatcd.
Lard-Sl to Sc. @"i-
Molasses-50 to S5c. "'
Nails A to &c per lib.
Potatoes-$1.l0 per DE-. "
Powder-2h to 40c per Id. '"
Rice--7 to &c per ID.
Rope-12 to 15c per ID. '.'
Soda-6 to &c per ID.
Salt-.S2.25 pes barrel.
Sugar-6 to nc.
Shots to 10c perlb.
Tobacco-Standard plug nayics, Doc.
Whisky-IIigh wines, 50 to $3.50.
Oleomargarine-17lc.
Wool-k'all, six months clip, bright
medium, cole; light fine, Isle course,
49, to 16lc.
Hides-No. /, heavy. ID. f., 1890 per
ID; No 9, heavy, 10lc; No. ,, light &c.
Coal--Singlc ton delivered, 81.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21
Coal in Atascosa.

SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 2l.-A coal de-
post, supposed to be very valuable,
has recently been discovered on the
Medina, in Atascosa county. Mr.. Geo.
Kalleycr, of this city, has leased the
land. and will sink n shaft at once,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21
Will Demand Neutrality.

PARIS, Feb. 21.--The Gaulois prints
an Interview with Il diplomat, who
confirms the statement that Prince
Bismarck will demand the Neutrality
of France in the east.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21
Italy's Friendship.

ROME Feb. 1.-The Opinion (news-
papcr) in an oiliially inspired article
assures France of Italys continual dis
interested friendship.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21
Bucklen,s Arnica saIve.

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Bheum,
Fever Sores, letter Chapped Hands,
Chilblain-, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tons, and positively cures piles or no
pay required. II is guaran' eed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
Price Is cents per boz. For sale by
W. "A. Howell 4 Bro.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21
The speakership of the Next House


WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. If Mr.. Car
Isle should be appointed Secretary
of the Treasury the contest for the
spcakership of the next h ousc Of rep
resentatives would DC a warm one in
every way. The subject is already
being discussed, and while no mans
candidacy is openly announced as yet,
several booms are on the very eve OF
being launched. There are half a
dozen gentlemen who preside over The
proceedings of the house with great
readiness and acceptability. Tho
Speaker calls them by turns to the
chair. aud each in this way has become
thoroughly well grounded in parlia-
mentary law and precedence
These gentlemen are Messrs Mills, Of
texas. Mcmillan, Of Tennessee. Hatch
Of Missouri. Springer, Of illinois, and
Crisp and Blouut Of Georgia
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21

Hon. BARNETT GIBBS, Grand
Master of Odd Fellows, is cen
sured by some for disclosing the
fact of Treasurer Joseph's defal-
cation, and for declaring he would
prosecute Joseph. The unfortun-
ate victim of gambling is to be
pitied and his family sympathized
with, but for the good of society
and the preservation of funds
in the future, the law provides for
his punishment. and the HERALD
can see no wrong in the conduct OF
the Grand Master.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21

IT would seem that the amend
ment to the railway bill requiring
commissioners to give $50, 600
bond each, is in the interest of the
railways they want to regulate. A
man interested with the roads
might be willing to guarantee he
would do the roads no injury; but
n man who desires to do his duty
would take no such risk as that
bond implies.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21
Tur dives Of bad fame ON Main

The dives OF bad lame on Mall
street ought TO be closed up. a
business of their bad reputation
should not be allowed to be con-
Quoted on main thoroughfare and
so near the principal hotels OF the
city. 1t is a shame that the city
tolerates this public Haunting OF
such n business in the faces OF
ladies and gentlemen who may
have to use the sidewalks aitel
dark. If the fines for violations
of laws, oft repeated, are not SUI
ficient to act as prohibitory, the
penalties should be increased; for
certain it is that the laws are in
tended to be prohibitory and not a
license of the disreputable bust
ness in the face of the people OF
Dallas. 1t is to be hoped that the
police will continue their vigilance,
and that the mayor and council
will do whatsoever is in their
power to remove the evil-even to
the extent ofrevoking their license.
The s'New South gush is get
ting stale. Something now about
New North in sentiment would
be refreshing change. The pros
perity of the South is commented
on up there as if she had just
awaked from sleep; when it is n
fact that the South was the most
prosperous section of this country
to 1860, and will be again, in both
wealth-product and statesmanship,
as soon rs she has thoroughly
recovered from the ravages of a
fierce and merciless war. The
changes in labor and new railways
bring other changes, among which
will be manufacturing instead OF
planting as chief industry
OAK LAWN, suburb of Dallas
with 100000 worth of property,
is talking of incorporating-is an
item floating through the state
press. But the hayward child has
been brought back. Warren, or
South Dallas, is another larger
suburb which is also expected to
soon join fortunes with its parent,
and next West Dallas; and that
prodigal son, East Dallas, should
return and let the fatted calf be
killed. Then will Dallas city be
represented in census, official vote,
and assessed vulue reports, as the
true big city she is-the largest
and wealthiest in the southwestern
states.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21

THE eastern countries are all
preparing their armies, navies ano
storehouses for war. Germany
and France seem most interested,
and Austria and England are MOI
aminterested, as extensive outlay
of millions will show.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21

Mr.. GEO. bskNE, formerly Of
the Dallas Morning News, is nov
editor of the Gainesville Mornini
Register. His friends in Dallai
wish him pleasure. honor ant
profit.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-21
FOR SALE.
New Bakery in a Large City---0nly
One Competitor.


One of the best baking ovens In the
state, with gas electric refieciing lamp.
burning but little wood, and is closed by
g.. doors on ash-pit and heating closet.
Entirely New. Cost About $2l0.
A good assortment Of all classes Of best
made pans of finest material, with . good
poplar bread trough and pine bread bench,
and everything that belongs to n well
arranged bake shop, with patent egg beat
ing machine.
In sroRE-Two 5-foot 1s-inch high wal
nut showcases. with nickel-plated corners.
One 6-foot oval show ase, same style. One
3-foot showcase, plated. for mixed candies.
over two dozen 1-gallon ring Jars: also
showcase Jars and fruit stands. Will In
voice about $500 or 5000.
Could retain some jars and showcases II
preferred, but want TO sell all bake shop
tools.
best In the city.
There would be no trouble for an cncr-
ccfic man with wagon to sell from go TO
$50 worth OF bread daily. a
Apply At the HERALD OFFICE.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-24
A Few Administration Acts.

Next in order of Importance among
the acts of the late Congress after the
bills regarding the Presidential success
sion and the electoral count and the
bill repeating the Tenure-of- Office act
is to be ranked the Interstate Com
merce bill-an experiment in Federal
legislation regarding railways, the
workings of which will be awaited with
great interest The law grating lands
in severalty to Indians marks long
step forward in the solution of the
Indian problem. The passage of bill
authorizing a building for the Con-
gressional library is cause for congrat-
ulation. The act referring all private
claims, which have long occupied al
unreasonable share of the time of Cor.
gress, to the Court of Claims is an ini-
portant measure of reform in legis-
lative methods. The steady improve
ment in the postal service receives
another impetus in the acts extending
the free delivery system to all places OF
10000 inhabitants and reducing the
fees on postal money orders.-M Y.
Post.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-24
Undignified Haste

1t is part of the duty and power of
the President to negotiate treaties. 1t
is the privilege of the Senate to ratify
or reject such treaties. But for the
first time in the history of the cOun-
try cheeky Senator has proposed to
tie the hands of the President before
the treaty is negotiated. Here is a res
olution introduced into the Senate by
the distinguished mackerel Senator
from Massachusetts,:
That it is the judgment Of the Senate that
under the present circums tances no negotia-
ton should be undertaken with Great Britain
in regard TO existing differences with her prov
ince Of Canada, which has for its object the re-
duction, change or abolition OF any Of our exist
ing duties on imports.
This is nice specimen of gall, in
deed. Why can't the lordly Senate
wait until it is called upon to act in the
regular constitutional way? What
hurt will Presidential treaty do until
the Senate has acted on it in the regu-
lar way? The Senate need not be in
such frightful hurry to assert its
rights. There is plenty of time for it
to knock treaty into q cooked hat for
any within it chooses to entertain. --Des
Moines Leader.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-24
The Presidential Veto.

During the life Of the FOrty-nintf
Congress 1872 bills were vetoed, or q
more than the total number of bill:
vetoed from the foundation of the Gov.
eminent to the beginning of that Con
Grcss. These facts do not indicate that
the President has made an unworthy
or unwise use of his prerogative. Ii
appears that Congress invited the
Presidents action by hasty and ill-ad,
vised legislation and that his action was
in many cases the result of more care
full inquiry than some of his predeccs-
sors were willing to make. The list OF
vetoes would be still more salts.
factory to fair and unbiased men,
and possibly to the President himself,
if it were longer. Tic action of Con.
gress concerning the vetoes is in itselt
further proof that they were well con-
sidered, for only two of the vetoed bills
were passed in spite of the President
objections-a private pension bill and
bill for public building. An exam
pie of the hasty legislation which ID
evitab!y leads to veto messages may he
found in the proceedings of the Senate
on March l, when fifty-seven private
pension bills were passed in just TWEEN
ty-tive minutes. These bills were not
even read. They were accepted upon
the report of Il worthy Senator who
maintains at his own expense kind of
private pension bureau which grinds
out reports by the dozen. T. Times.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-24
NEWSPAPER DRIFT.

The action of the House in refus-
ing to hold communication with the
Senate prevents the Soldiers MOnu-
ment bill from becoming law. This
bill was first proposed in the Senate
and unanimously passed. 1t was sent
thence to the House, where it was also
passed. President Smith and Governor
Gray are both ready to sign it. but the
House withholds it, thus preventing its
becoming law. The ex-soldiers OF
the State will hold the Republican
party responsible if the bill fails of be-
coming law because of the fOolishness
of the House Republicans.-Indian
State Sentinel.
The Portland (Me.) Adyertiser
Rep. }, discussing the appointmeRt OF
colored men to Office in the District OF
Columbia, remarks that times have
changed" and goes on to say: "A1r.
Matthews has been twice rejected for
the ostenSiblc reason that he was not q
resident of the District, but really. as
every body knew, he was black Dem
ocrat" 1t adds: "All the objections
raised against Matthews apply to Trot-
ter. Frederick Douglass was a citizen
of New York when he was first nomi.
mated for the same place, and nobody
seems to have thought of Directing or
that account"
An interview with Public Printer
Benedict. in the Washington Post
shows that the work of the office was
never in 4 more forward condition. He
was accused, by some Republican Sen.
ators, of being behind in some of the
bound copies of the annual reports
of the secretaries, when the delay is
caused in the departments from which
Government printing Office is to re-
ceive maps and illustrations and to
await proof reading and indexing by
the officials. Compared with last year
the work is very far advanced. Mr..
Benedict, since he took hold of the
office. has infused energy, industry,
order and regularity into it, which l.
never knew before. His work shows
most conclusively the excellent judg-
ment of the President in selecting him
for position to which he is in every
way well qualified. The opposition tc
his confirmation is the result of sheer
envy, partiSanship and malice. -Al6ans
argus.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-24

words, which our danger invested with
an enhancing mysteriousness. raised
my hand to her spotleSs lips, and then
| held it some moments to her heart
The boatswain, coming up the poop
ladder. saw her holding my hand. He
approached us slowly and in silence;
and. putting down the tray. which he
had heaped, with sailor-like profusion,
with food enough for dozen per-
sons. stood looking on us thoughtfully.
MIR. Royle," he said, in deliberate
voice, you'll excuse me for sayin' of
it, but, sir, you've found her out?"
81 have, bosom"
you've found her out, sir, as the
truest-hearted CELL as ever did duty as
a darter?"
Il have"
give watched her, and know her to
Almighty, as does this sort o work
better nor Time! You've found her out,
sir?"
1T is true, bosom"
"And you, miss" he exclaimed, in
the same deliberate voice, ''have you
found him out?"
She looked downward with a little
blush.
He shook US heartily by the hand,
looked hard at the poor steward, as
though he would shake hands with
him, too; then walked aft, hauled down
the signals, stepped into the cuddy,
returned with the large ensign, bent it
onto the halliards, and ran it up to the
gaff-end.
That" said he, returning and look
ing up proudly at the flag, lis to let
them as it may consarn know that
we re not dead yet Now, sir, shall /
pipe to dinner?"
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-24

ness were within easy reach of the
Government. has passed by. The
statements of defalcations and swind-
ling of all kinds are to be found in the
public records, and form incont-o-
vertible and damning evidence against
the party that controlled the Govern
ment and allowed official rascality to
sprout, come up and grow to luxuri-
ant maturity.-Albany Argus.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-24

According to the French Journal
of Therapeutics. tuberculer meningitis
causes the death of twenty-five thou
sand persons a year in France. A
Swedish physician has practiced a
new method of treatment by the appli-
cation of iodo form linament to the
head, with considerable success; but
the malady is one with which medical
science has thus far found it very diff
cult to deal.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-24


En- uno disco onlneS. So secure did the
gang of rascals who so long fattened
upon the Government feel in their long
immunity from punishment, by the
strong grip they held on those who
might have brought them to justice,
that they did not realize for long time
the consequences of the change from a
corrupt to an honest Government.
When they did realize they formed a
combine" against Mr.. Cleveland and
his Administration, tribute to honesty
rarely paid a Chief Executive of this
Nation. Where most of the creatures
of the lobby congregate there will be
heard angry mutterings against the
Administration. When agents of rot
ten corporations sit down together are
heard curses deep and loud.
The Democratic Administration has
so well fulfilled its first and most i'm
portant duty, the publication of the
Government, that the scandals that
produced such fruitful harvest every
year have ceased to exist. 1t needed
only an Administration that believed
in business principles and honest exc
cution of the laws, dominated by 3 res
olute, fearless man. to bring about the
change. To the Democratic Admins
tration is due the reform that pervades
every branch of the public service; to
the Republican Administration is due
the failure to punish those who robbed
the Governments. The time when the
biggest rogues could be punished.
when documentary evidence and Wit
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-24

Eight millions of umbrellas are
made in this country every year. Half
a million are imported from France.
This makes about one umbrella to
every seven persons. One person buys
the umbrella; the other six steal it
from him and use it-Ii!tS6ur0k Dis
patch
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-03-24

AN commu lJcatfons for THIS paper
should be accompanied by The name of tie
author; not necesear ly for publication. but
the writer. Write only on one side of the
PAPER. Be particularly careful IN giving
ia mes and dates - have tbs letters and f0
HrtS DlAiu and distinct
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-08

lures of the Twenty-first Grand
Army Encampment. The large
church was not crowded, but
there were a great many
Of the cold boys'' present
to greet once more, for the first time
in twenty-five years, the famous nurse
and originator of the diet kitchen in
the Cumberland hospital, at Nash
vile, Tenn, where she remained from
the time of the first call for nurses un-
til the close of the war. Hannah
Shaw was born in Pittsburg, forty
seven years ago, and was attending
school when she enlisted from Blairs-
vile, Pa, and entered the hospital
service at Nashville. At the close OF
the war she went as missionary to
China, and has done much i'll
building up the Christian college,
which is established in canton. Her
mission back to America gave her an
opportunity to visit St. Louis and
meet some Of her patients whom
she had not met in almost a
quarter of century. DR.. G. w.
Meyer called the meeting to order by
stating the object, which was to re-
ceive Miss Shaw, tell experiences and
aid the $25, 900 fund being raised to
establish Hannah Shaw chair in the
Christian College at Canton. He
then introduced Governor Cyrus G.
Luce, of Michigan, who presided as
Chairman and delivered an eloquent
address, detailing the noble work
done by women during the war.
Then followed prayer by Rev. John
Niccolls. Captain W. w. Arbuckle
sang several war songs, and then
General William Vandever, of Cali
fornia, who, in transmitting the
orders of General Sherman, used the
we'll known expression, "Hold the
fort, for l am coming" spoke in a
touching manner of some OF the try
ing scenes and terrible trials exper-
fenced by women during the war that
came under his personal observation.
Then Miss Shaw. who has been twen-
ty-one years in Asia, addressed the
meeting. She recounted her hospi-
tai experience, and there were few
dry eyes in the audience. Capt. Ar
buckle then sang and delivered the
closing speech, after which collec-
tion was taken up and a handsome
sum realized.
Our VIvE.